Die Christus-Metapher „Widderlamm“: Beobachtungen zum Terminus arníon der Johannesoffenbarung

Die Christus-Metapher „Widderlamm“ Beobachtungen zum Terminus ἀρνίον der Johannesoffenbarung

The term ἀρνίον is used no fewer than 28 times in the Revelation of John (starting with 5:6 and ending with 22:3). But the meaning of the word is controversial: “ram” or “lamb”? And it may be asked also whether one has to think of a sacrificial animal in those 28 ἀρνίον-instances of this “book.” Exe...

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Main Author: Bachmann, Michael 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Novum Testamentum
Year: 2022, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-114
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Revelation / Arnion / Lamb / Ram / Masculinity / Glory of God / Sacrifice (Religion)
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Masculinity
B Weakness
B slaughtered lamb
B Sacrifice
B Magnificence
B Arnion
B ram
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Summary:The term ἀρνίον is used no fewer than 28 times in the Revelation of John (starting with 5:6 and ending with 22:3). But the meaning of the word is controversial: “ram” or “lamb”? And it may be asked also whether one has to think of a sacrificial animal in those 28 ἀρνίον-instances of this “book.” Exegetes mostly not take into consideration the accent on the “masculinity” of the ἀρνίον (see esp. 5:6 and 19:7; cf. 19:9; 21:2, 9) and the lacking of the expression “slaughtered lamb” after 13:8, that is, in the concluding parts of the “book” (17:1–22:5/21), which, instead, emphasize the magnificence of the ἀρνίον. The option to translate the word ἀρνίον by “ram lamb” – an animal that matures quite early – should solve the problems. And this suggestion is supported by diachronic observations, including the fact that the Septuagint does not use the term ἀρνίον with regard to cultic sacrifice.
ISSN:1568-5365
Contains:Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685365-bja10013